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Pawndum
Pawndum is an important traditional cloth of the Mizo people. Pawndum literally means ‘black cloth’. In Mizo language ‘dum’ means ‘black’. However, the cloth is not totally black but striped consisting of mostly black and red colour. Pawndum is rectangular in shape, the length is about 63" and the breadth is about 44" long. A Mizo textile made of two-loom widths, traditional Pawndum was characterized by bold warp stripes of handspun indigo-dyed blue-black cotton and naturally dyed red cotton obtained from barks of different plants such as sentezel (Calophyllum polyanthum),sentelek and khei(Mallotus phillippensis). The weft in Pawndum has always been black. With the introduction and availability of soap dyes and coloured yarn in the market, more complex and rhythmic stripes of different colours such as blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple were incorporated. The black weft against the multicoloured warp gives it a vibrant yet deep effect. Although Pawndum is usually characterized by bold 4-inch stripes of black and red, different sizes and colours of other warp stripes are incorporated depending wholly on the preferences of the weaver.
